Azaindoles are valuable targets in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries due to their interesting cytotoxic activity.[1] 7-Azaindole derivatives in particular have found applications as luminescent molecules [2] and ligands.[3] Thus, synthetic methods for the simple construction and specific functionalization of such N-heterocycles are indispensable. So far, the Fischer [4, 5] and Larock [6] indole syntheses have been applied for preparing ...
